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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Mon. Aug 27th

Lunch!

Daily Tidbit: So all my visiting family members have gone home and left me with great memories AND 2 extra pounds! Yes, you have seen me eating all those cookies and treats....don't think for a minute I can eat like that and not gain weight!

So now, back to normal life... I have to return to some of my go-to healthy habits (increasing veggies!) to lose those 2 extra pounds before it becomes an extra 3, 5, or 10 pounds... I started today by eating a "Veggie Blast" for lunch (pic above), chock full of all sorts of colorful Veggies with tons of Fiber, and Beans & Nuts for Protein!

This is one of my fav super fast go-to meals when I want to maximize Veggies in a meal but not spend a lot of time cooking!

In
a hot pan I simply add 1 tbsp oil with the all the frozen Veggies and cover
until the veggies are heated through. Once hot, I remove the lid and
let the liquid reduce so the Veggies will cook in the oil and begin to
brown. Once a nice brown crust starts to form on the Veggies, I add a little Curry sauce (1/8 cup to keep Sodium in check) & some Beans and mix everything together, cover and cook for 2 more
minutes. Then it is
ready to serve and top with the toasted nuts!

I wanted something easy and quick to make my kids and use up the ground beef in the fridge....Sloppy Joe Time! I found a simple and fast recipe online.....and....they didn't like it. My husband and I thought it was pretty good (though I made a Rachael Ray Food Network recipe a few years ago that was much much better!). The link for this fast recipe is below.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Dessert: Nothing tonight! I need to see that number on the scale go down!

About Me

Over the last ten years I have lost over 40 pounds in a slow moving, but ongoing quest to be more healthy, more energized, and yes, reduce my size. Lots of friends noticed and asked me how I did it. This blog will attempt to provide some easy hands-on ideas, recipes, and tips to answer the question: “How have you lost so much weight?” This is not a diet! Just some ideas and recipes that have helped me shed some weight while making healthier food choices. Hopefully this blog will share information with other people who are like me (normal!) in hopes to help them live a longer, healthier, more energized, and possibly thinner, happier life. I have no real credentials. I am not a nutritionist, just a normal woman trying to live her life the best way she can!